Zabar’s is keeping the crumbling MetroCard alive. Thousands of sugar-cookie-loving straphangers are swarming the iconic Upper West Side grocery store to get their hands on an edible version of the ...

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — After more than 30 years as the form of payment for New York City’s mass transit system, the MetroCard will always be remembered not just for its vibrant look but for creating ...

On a chilly December morning, I descended a flight of stairs and entered the New York Transit Museum. Housed in a decommissioned subway station in downtown Brooklyn, the museum was packed with ...

The MetroCard will soon become an antique after three decades of service, transforming before New Yorkers’ very eyes from an everyday straphanger totem into a relic of subway history. In honor of the ...

The MetroCard, an iconic piece of plastic utilized by countless New Yorkers to access the city's mass transit system for just over three decades, meets its demise on Dec. 31 at the age of 32. The ...

For over three decades, the high-pitched zip of a plastic card hitting a turnstile served as the unofficial heartbeat of the New York City subway. But as of Jan. 1, 2026, the gold-hued MetroCard ...

BROOKLYN (WABC) -- Juan Carlos Pinto is an artist who has been working for a dozen years in New York, and he has an unusual way of bringing his artwork to life. "I try to portray people who give you ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – The MetroCard is on its final journey, but it remains a part of New York. A pile of discards becomes more valuable as sales of MetroCards ended on December 31. The thin, plastic ...

Patton Oswalt knows how Spence from The King of Queens would react to the retirement of the MetroCard in New York City.